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KnowledgeTree co-founders explain their commercial open source business strategy (video)

April 30, 2008 (7:00:00 PM)  -  1 year, 6 months ago

By: Robin 'Roblimo' Miller

KnowledgeTree produces document management software that is available either under GPLv3 or, for commercial use, under a proprietary license that restricts code redistribution. In this video, KnowledgeTree co-founders John Thorne and Daniel Chalef explain why they decided to go open source, the differences between their open source and proprietary versions, and why supporting a "community version" helps both the company and KnowledgeTree's many users.

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Read in the original layout at: http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/132706